Slash Go the Bayonets
Not On Label · Australia
- Artist
- Unknown Artist
- Title
- Slash Go the Bayonets
- Release
- Unreleased
- Label
- Not On Label
- Format
- Unreleased · Unreleased
- Language
- English
- Country
- Australia
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Lyrics
English: In the middle of the parade ground the grim Nasho stands / Clasping his gun in his mean, bloody hands / War-like is his gaze as he charges down the line / Ghoulish is his frenzy as he shouts 'Commo swine' / Slash go the bayonets, slash, slash, slash / Chortling with glee as the blood goes splash / The war-mongers rake in the dollars with delight / Champagne and caviar on Wall Street tonight
Notes
Anonymous protest song to the tune of "Click Go the Shears", from the National Service years; printed in Ratbags & Rabblerousers.
Themes
Anti-War · Draft · Satire · Anti-Communism · Military-Industrial Complex
From the release Unreleased
In collections
Australian & New Zealand Songs · Draft Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]